Magazine fire-arm



J. W. MULLINS.

MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 14, 1886.

ceivi ng a loaded one.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPBCIPICATIONfcrming part of Letters Patent. No. 349,282, dated September 14, 1886.

Application filed June 11, 1886. Serial No. 204.870. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JOHN \V. MULLINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at London, in the county of Laurel and State of Kentucky, have invented certailrnew and useful Improvements in Fire-Arms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings.

This invention has relation to that class of fire-arms known as magazine-guns. and the objects ofthe invention are to reduce the number of parts and simplify the coiistruction and mode of operation. v

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following description. and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, with parts in side elevation and in the position they assume at thetime of ejecting the empty shell and of re Fig. 2 is a similar view of the parts in a position to tire. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the parts in aposition to automatically bring the. hammer to a fullcock. Fig. lisa detailof thehannnerin side elevation, and Fig. 5 is a modification hereinafter described.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents the breech portion of the gun, which may be formed separately or as a part of the barrels A A the latter being the-magazine for holding the supply of loaded shells, which are ejected by means of the usual coiled spring (not shown) arranged in the front end thereof. The rear end of the breech is in the form of a cylinder or collar, A, into which the stock (shown iii dotted lines) is fitted.

A is an opening at the rear and at one side of the firing-barrel A, through which the empty shells are ejected in a manner hereinafter described.

Bis the guard, which is extended upwardly, and is formed into or secured to a firiug-pin bar, B,in which the firing-pin O is mounted, so as to have a slight longitudinal movement through the bar B, in order that its front end shall come into contact with the priming or cap of the shell I) when in the firing-barrel. A shell extractor, D, is secured to the front end of the firing-pin bar, so as to take in front ofthe flange ot'the shell and withdraw the same from the tiring-barrel and eject it through the open ing A in the breech when the bar B and guard are drawn rearwm'dl v,ashereinafter described. The breech is provided with a recess, A to receive the operative parts, and there is within said recess an abutment, A", slotted for the re ception of the rearwardly-project ing portion of the firing-pin, in order that the hammerEmay come into contact therewith. This alaltment also serves to assist or enable the firingpin bar Bto overcome the recoil of a shell when itis exploded. The firing-pin bar isprovided with a friction-roller, as is also the hammer E, in order to reduce the amount of friction existing betweenthc said parts and the mainspring F, against which they bear.

G is a carrier, which has in its upper surface, and in one side thereof, depressions (l, adapted to receive and retain a shellas it is ejected from the magazine-lmrrcl upon said top, or as it is introduced therein Lhrough the cut-away portion A near the lower edge of the recess A The carrier (t is extended rearwardly and pivoted on a screw, (i which also serves the function of the pivot ot' the hanuncr.

The mainspring F is secured to the carrier at one end, and extends backward over and be yond the pivot G and between the carrier-extension and the friction-rollers in the firingpin barand the hammer and to the rear of the pivot of the hammer. The lower edge of the hammer is provided with the usual ratchetteet-h, E, into which the usual pawl, H, pressed by the spring H, takes, unless released therefrom by the trigger, which is in this instance mounted in the guard, which guard is slotted, as usual, for the reception of the trigger, and provided with a series of holes, 1, whereby the trigger may be pivoted at a point where it shall have a greater or less leverage upon the pawl H,in order to render the trigger more or less sensitive. On the stock is a latch-bolt J, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) and at the rear end of the guard B is a latch, J, slotted, as at J", and mounted in a slot, J, formed in the end of the guard, in which is also arranged a coiled'spring, J which has atendency to push the latch J outwardly or' toward the latchhol'd J, these parts being arranged, as shown,

so that if the guard is pressed against the stock the latch shall take under the hold, and so that by placing the little finger of the hand against theend J of the latch J it may be pushed backward, riding upon the pin J and against the tension of the spring, in order to release the guard from the stock.

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: Taking the parts as illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein the hammer is at fnllcock and under the influence of the tension of the spring F from its center to its rear end, a pull upon the trigger explodes the shell in the firing-barrel through the medium of the firing-pin. Now, by releasing the latch J and depressing the guard, the 'parts are broughtinto the position illustrated in Fig. 1-that is to say, the shell is extracted by the extractor and ejected out of the gun through the aperture A, and the carrier is depressed to receive a new shell from the magazine. N ow, if desired, a further backward and downward movement of the guard and parts attached may be had for the purpose of automatically cocking the hammer, as shown in' Fig. 3; or this movement may be omitted and the parts returned to position shown in Fig. 2 by an upward and t'orward movement of the guard, when the shell received upon the carrier, which now rises, will be forced into the firi'ngbar-rel, and the firing-pin bar will be forced upwardly andin front of. the abutment A ready for firing.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5, instead of pivoting the carrier at the same point that the hammer is pivoted, it is pivoted in front of said point, as at G I have extended therefrom and in rear of the pivot the mainspring F, and have provided the hammer with a pin or friction-roll, B projecting over the spring. Now, the operation of the carrier is the same, in that by depressing the guard B, which, in this instance, is slotted, instead of recessed, as in the other modification at B, for the passage thercthrough of 5 the .mainspring F, the inainspring is also depressed, so that it and the carrier assume the position indicated by the dotted line X- that is, to elevate the front of the carrier, so as to carry a shell received from the magazinebarrel to and in rear of the firing-barrel, so that a return movement of the firing pin-bar will force said shell into the firing barrel, when the parts would assume the posit-ion indicated in full lines, Fig. 5. Now, by drawing the hammer backward to a full-cock, the pin or roller 13 therein acts to depress the spring F to the position shown by dotted lines Y, whereby the necessary power for throwing the hammer is produced.

Having thus fully described my invention and'its operation, what I claim is- 1. In a gun of the class described, a breech recessed, as at A for the reception of the movable parts constituting the loading and firing mechanism, in combination with a guard arranged in said recess and provided with a firingpin bar, a firing-pin arranged therein, a hammer pivoted within the recess, a load ing-block extended rcarwardly and pivoted within the recess, and a spring connected with the carrier and bearing against the hammcr to operate the same, substantially as specified.

'2. In a gun of the class dcscri bed, a carrier pivoted in the breech for movement from the magazine to the firing-barrel,and pro vidcd with the hannner, and having a bearing against the hammer. to operate the same, substuntiall y as specified.

3. In a gun of the class described, the combination of a hammer, a mainspring extending above and back of its pivot and having a bearing upon said hammer, a carrier directly connected with the spring and pivotcd for vertical movement, and a guard constructed and arranged to cause the carrier to perform its function, substantially as specified.

- 4. In a gun of the class described, the combinatiomwith the breech A, recessed as at A and provided with the slotted abutment A, of the guard B, provided with the firing-pin bar B, having thereon a shell-extractor and having arranged thcrcin a firing-pin and a carrier, G, rearwardly extended and pivoted at G", and a spring, F, secured to the carrier in front of its pivot and extending over and back of its pivot, and having a bearing on the hammer to operate the same, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the guard B, the latch J, slotted for longitudinal movement, as at J", and mounted upon a pin, J arranged in the slot J formed in the guard, and having a spring, J for out-ward pressure upon the latch, ot' a holder secured to the stock, substantiall y as specified.

6. The combination of the guard B, having the apcrturel, and tho triggcr I, adapted to be pivoted at either of the npcrturesfor the purpose of varying its leverage upon the dog or pawl H substantially as specified.

presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. MULLINS.

\Vitnesses:

C. N. SoovILLE,

W. R. RAMsEY.

aspring extended over and beyond ihcpivotot' in testimony whereof I affix my signature in 

